Laura T. Pizzi, PharmD, MPH, RPh

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1015 Walnut Street
Suite 115
Philadelphia, PA 19107

(215) 955-1159
(215) 503-7598 (fax)

Graduate School
PharmD - Rutgers University College of Pharmacy, Piscataway, NJ
MPH - New Jersey School of Public Health, University of Medicine and Dentistry, Piscataway, NJ

Fellowship
Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA (one year)

University Appointment
Research Associate Professor, Jefferson School of Population Health, 2008
Research Associate Professor, Department of Health Policy, Jefferson Medical College, 2005 - 2008
Graduate Faculty, Jefferson College of Graduate Studies, Philadelphia, PA, 2004

Research and Clinical Interests
Pharmaceutical policy and evidence-based pharmacy practice; scientific measurement of clinical, work productivity and quality of life outcomes as related to medication therapy and devices, anemia in end-stage renal disease, chronic pain

Publications

Most Recent Peer-reviewed Publications

1. Impact of transdermal oxybutynin on work productivity in patients with overactive bladder: Results from the MATRIX study
2. Ferric gluconate treatment provides cost savings in patients with high ferritin and low transferrin saturation
3. Economic Considerations in a Changing Anemia Environment
4. Pharmacoeconomics is coming of age
5. Anemia in chronic kidney disease: An opportunity and challenge for disease management
6. A cost decision analysis of 4 tocolytic drugs
7. Impact of topiramate migraine prophylaxis on workplace productivity: Results from two US randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter trials
8. Economic implications of non-adherence to treatment recommendations for hemodialysis patients with anemia
9. Impact of chronic conditions on quality of life in patients with inflammatory bowel disease
10. Clinical and economic outcomes of prolonged postoperative ileus in patients undergoing hysterectomy and hemicolectomy
11. Minimally invasive: Minimally reimbursed? An examination of six laparoscopic surgical procedures
12. Work loss, healthcare utilization, and costs among US employees with chronic pain
13. Pharmacy utilization and the medicare modernization act
14. Factors related to physicians' adoption of electronic prescribing: Results from a national survey
15. A review of health-related workplace productivity loss instruments
16. Clinical information management systems: An emerging data technology for inpatient pharmacies
17. How does quality enter into health care purchasing decisions?
18. Health-related workplace productivity measurement: General and migraine-specific recommendations from the ACOEM Expert Panel
19. From product dispensing to patient care: The role of the pharmacist in providing pharmaceutical care as part of an integrated disease management approach
20. Patient compliance and its impact on treatment outcomes

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